After Two World Wars, The Collapse Of

Even Apart From The Image Of A Truly Merciless God That Contradicts Everything We Can Assume From What Jesus Says About The Either Of The Lost, Can We Be Surprised At A Time When Retributive Punishments Without An Opportunity Of Probation Are Being Increasingly Abandoned In Education And Penal Justice, That The Idea Not Only Of A Lifelong, But Even Eternal Punishment Of Body And Soul, Seems To Many People Absolutely Monstrous.

At The Same Time We Are Aware That Our Various Religions And Ethical Traditions Often Offer Very Different Bases For What Is Helpful And What Is Unhelpful For Men And Women, What Is Right And What Is Wrong, What Is Good And What Is Evil.

A Church Which Abandons The Truth Abandons Itself.

I Don't Cling To Earthly Life Because I Believe In Eternal Life. That's The Big Distinction Between My Point Of View And A Purely Secular Position.

In My View, The Catholic Church As A Community Of Faith Will Be Preserved, But Only If It Abandons The Roman System Of Rule. We Managed To Get By Without This Absolutist System For 1,000 Years. The Problems Began In The 11th Century, When The Popes Asserted Their Claim To Absolute Control Over The Church.